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C. E. AMSDEN. HINGE No. 496,180;` Patented Apr. 25, v1893.

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UNITED STATES `PATENT OFFICE..-

COLONEL ELLSW'ORTH AMSDEN, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 496,180, dated April25, 1893. Application filed September 19, 1892. Serial No. 446,253. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, COLONEL ELLswoRTH AMSDEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges;and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved hinge, and its object is to providea device that may be preliminarily adj usted and properlylocatedrelative to the parts to which it is to be attached before finallysecuring it in place, and it consists in the combination and arrangementof parts, hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed outin the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings inwhich- Figure l is an elevation of a hinge embodying my invention,together with a portion of a door and the casing to which it isattached; Fig. 2 the same showing a modified form of my device; Fig. 3 ahorizontal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. l; Fig. 4 a detail cfa part'of the device; Fig. 5 a horizontal section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2;and, Fig. 6 a detail of the T head tack or nail used in the modifiedform of Fig. 2.

Like letters refer to like parts in all of the figures.

A represents a portion of the jamb, or casing to which the door ishinged; B a portion of the door; C the hinge having the usual screwholes C', for inserting screws into the jamb and door. n

My invention consists in providing the leaf of said hinge (preferablythe one to be attached to the jamb, but either or both may have thesame) with means for preliininaryadjustment, which consists of anenlarged opening D, over which is a plate E pivoted at one end, andswinging laterally over said opening, in which plate is a vertical slotF opposite said openlng. slot and driven into the j amb, being leftslack enough to permit the' plate E, andthe hinge leaf to which it ispivoted to move on and about said nail, for the purpose of adjustingsaid leaf horizontally or vertically to the eX- tent permitted by theopeningD therein. The hinge is finally secured by screws inserted in theopenings C C in the usual way.

The device shown in Figs. 2, 5 and 6, is cheaper and quite efficient forlight work. In this case the plate E is omitted and a tack, or nail,having an elongated or T head to engageand move about freely upon thesurface of the leaf of the hinge is used the tack or nail beingconsiderably smaller than the opening D as in the other form. Variousother temporary fastenings permitting like adjustment of the hinge maybe devised.

I do not limit myself to the precise forms shown, butl. In combinationwith a hinge, a temporary fastening, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

2. In a hinge in addition to the usual screw openings an enlargedopening, and a nail or its equivalent passing through said opening, andengaging the outer surface of the hinge, substantially as described.

3. In combination wit-h a hinge having an enlarged opening in the leaf,a slotted plate pivoted to said leaf, and swinging over said opening,and a nail or its equivalent passing through said slotted opening andthe opening in the leaf, substantially' as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

COLONEL ELLSWORTII AMSDEN.

Vi tn esses:

LUTHER V. MoUL'roN, LoIs MoULToN.

A small nail or tack G is inserted in said

